Motor work

The boat house, outside is surrounded by deep snow, that is just starting to melt. Where do you think the water has been collecting?

In the boat house. There is about 2 inches of standing water on top of about 4 inches of mud. The snow melted, dissolved the dirt floor and is just sitting there, waiting for me to step in it. But I'm not playing that game. I have indoor work to do.

I started working on the cowl hood for the new motor. I took off the dried out gasket, and took off the front ID plate (which was about to fall off). Then I started cleaning.

I then hit it with some light sandpaper, and put a coat of marine enamel on it. Here is what it looked like before...

And after the first coat...